National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) agents have confiscated a total of 73 packets of a substance presumed to be either cocaine or heroin, found inside a suitcase at Punta Cana International Airport and a container inside a ship at the Haina port.
In the first operation at Punta Cana airport earlier this week agents confiscated 55 packets of what is thought to be drugs inside one of five suitcases belonging to a Portuguese woman who arrived from Lisbon. DNCD spokesman Miguel Medina said that agents became suspicious of the cases when they noticed that they did not have the usual security seal and sent them for X rays. The woman, who was questioned by the Public Prosecutor and DNCD agents, says she had no idea about the substance or how it came to be in her luggage.
At the port in Haina, DNCD agents assisted by a K-9 unit confiscated 18 packets of what is thought to be cocaine in a container on board a vessel called Viliet Travel that came from Colombia and was flying the Dutch flag.
The drugs have been sent to the National Institute of Forensic Science for testing to establish the type of drug and exact weight.
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